Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
Adolescent tobacco use, Tobacco Free and Win, Incentive-based intervention, Contingency Management, Smoking Prevention, Smoking cessation
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to design an incentive-based intervention to motivate a tobacco-free lifestyle among high school students and to pilot the intervention in the first academic year in two schools (CT and NY) and examine feasibility and acceptability. Preliminary efficacy of the intervention will be assessed by implementing it in two new schools (CT and NY) in the second academic year and determine an effect size estimate for a larger trial. The study is intended to assess the number of students joining the program and pledging to be smoke-free and to examine changes in tobacco use rates and attitudes following intervention exposure. We hypothesize that the schools will have lower rates of tobacco use and improvement in attitudes, norms and behavioral control over tobacco use after participating in the program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALIncentives for being tobacco free
Students who join the program will be entered into regularly scheduled drawings throughout the school year to earn incentives for being tobacco free.
Sponsors
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Yale University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* high school student at school that is invited to participate
Exclusion criteria
* no
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of students who join the tobacco free program | at the end of each academic year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in tobacco use rates and attitudes following the intervention exposure | at the end of each academic year |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed